A friend recommended Mama Lucia’s to me or I might never have found it tucked away in a strip mall. I wasn’t overly impressed with the decor but I loved their Spinach Lasgne. It has paper thin pasta, a great sauce and just the right proportions of spinach and cheese.
I would go there anytime for Italian.

Most visitors to Park Place can easily miss Mama Lucia’s. It’s a little Italian restaurant tucked away a few storefronts down from Starbucks, across from the QFC, so there’s not much of a view and the restaurant itself is a little cramped, however, it makes up for it in tasty dishes and good value.

Mama Lucia’s pasta, pizza and specialty dishes are not to be missed – I prefer the pennes myself – but skip the cocktails. I ordered an exotic sounding drink (the lava-something or other) and was disappointed with the overwhelming coconutty taste.